[OZAPRS] Desert trekking

[Dom Dahl]

Not sure why but that's what it does.
Maybe ask Byonics!
On 04/09/2014 7:11 pm, "Ian Bennett" <ibennett at tpg.com.au> wrote:

> Why send just the callsign if there is no valid position to link it to??
> I'm curious as to why you
> would do this.
> This behavior means you have to have an antenna or dummy load connected
> when the TT is powered on
> (unless the radio is powered separately).
>
> Ian
>
> On 04/09/14 18:45, Dom Dahl wrote:
> > The tt3 does beacon when powered on but it doesn't send out a position
> till GPS is locked. So its
> > just the callsign that beacons when powered on. As soon as the GPS locks
> its send another packet
> > with position data.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Dom
> > VK2HJ
> >
> > On 04/09/2014 5:30 pm, "Ian Bennett" <ibennett at tpg.com.au <mailto:
> ibennett at tpg.com.au>> wrote:
> >
> >     Putting on my OpenTracker hat, they already do this; all my
> installations use it. Very handy when
> >     testing.
> >     The opentrackers also "beacon on power on"; still waiting for that
> feature to be written into the
> >     TinyTrak 4 when in Smart Beaconing mode (18 months and counting).
> >     Another annoying habit of the TT3 is it will transmit on power on
> without GPS lock (even though it
> >     was programmed not to). I noticed this on a TT3 buried in a radio
> borrowed from a mate. No feedback
> >     as to when this will be fixed.
> >     Rant over.
> >
> >     Ian
> >
> >     On 04/09/14 17:18, Ian wrote:
> >     >> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 21:28:50 +1000
> >     >> From: Richard Murnane <richard.murnane at internode.on.net
> >     <mailto:richard.murnane at internode.on.net>>
> >     >> To: Australian APRS Users <ozaprs at aprs.net.au <mailto:
> ozaprs at aprs.net.au>>
> >     >> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Desert trekking
> >     >> Message-ID: <
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> >     <mailto:B4B8C132-74A7-4274-B980-17087C8835F4 at internode.on.net>>
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> >     >
> >     > ~Snip ~
> >     >
> >     >> I've always thought it would be nice to have a ?beacon now? button
> >     >> on the TT3, for those times when you want everyone to know where
> you
> >     >> are right now. Of course, one can always cycle the power and wait
> a
> >     >> minute for the GPS to lock again.
> >     >
> >     >> 73 Richard VK2SKY
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > I'm going from memory, but didn't some models of the Tinytrack
> have a 'PTT In' pin on the
> >     DE-9, and you could configure it to send off a beacon after the PTT
> was released? You could
> >     connect a push button to ground and a pullup resistor to that, tweak
> the settings (possibly
> >     under MIC-E?) and see how you go.
> >     >
> >     > Regards,
> >     > Ian ZL1VFO
> >     >
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